Wednesday, August 7, 2013

DEEPER BY BLUE ASHCROFT

Synopsis

Rain Wilson isn’t ever going to love again. It’s a promise she made the day her boyfriend died in a water park accident, one she still blames herself for. Now she’s a senior lifeguard in a new town with a new pool and she’s just going to keep her head down and everyone safe. Until a mysterious guy follows her into the waves at the pre-season bonfire and kisses her senseless. It’s just one mistake, and Rain is determined to put it behind her, until the dark haired, blue eyed hottie turns out to be her new co-supervisor Knight Mcallister.

Knight is hot, tatted, and carrying baggage of his own. He’s not happy about having Rain for a co-supervisor, and he’s even less happy about his attraction to her. But between lifeguard drama, hot underwater kisses, and a growing attraction between them that can’t be stopped, Knight and Rain are being pulled deeper into their pasts, and realizing that sometimes too much broken can make a relationship impossible. Then again sometimes it’s the broken parts of us that fit together best.

Reactions Knight and Rain is the meeting of two young people who have experienced the death of a loved one, in tragic circumstances, in the lifeguards' landscape. Personally, their love story has not really moved me. Rain in particular. She refuses all kinds of fun to punish herself for being alive. And almost lost everything by doing that. So, the romance was not the most interesting part of the story for me.

By cons, a nod to the author for speaking about the world of rescuers and the dangers they face. Although they are trained, they put their lives in danger, as well as firefighters, and all professions that work for public safety. They often occur because people have risky behaviors and unconscious ones, when facing elements that can kill. How Blue Ashcroft described the hours of work, training, behaviors and risks taken by the bathers has me really interested. It gives an insider's view far away from the bimbos from "Baywatch", even if it shows the nice plastic of Lifeguards.

Another topic that struck me is, how very fair with which Blue Ashcroft spoke of injuries caused by the death of a loved one. She does not fall into pathos. And just for that I'm grateful. She showed that the grief could be more subtle. It brings guilt, insecurities, irrational behavior, as panic attacks at unexpected moments, or sometimes the willingness to hurt yourself. With Knight, we see the insecurities associated with the loss of his girlfriend Camille. He wants to become a superhero and monitor the safety of all the people he loves. He develops absences, unexpected angers at events that reminds him of his impotence. He also cut all relationships with his best friend's after a death that isolated him. At least during the time of healing.

As for Rain, she thinks she's guilty. She prevents herself from living because she should have been dead. In fact, the author clearly shows: it is already the case since the path she takes is made of loneliness, frustration and obligations. Loss, when it occurs, can influence future behavior and reinforce the idea of abandonment. Therefore, therapy can help victims by putting things into perspective. By also helping them to enjoy the moment, instead of being anxious about things that no one has control on. I did have a good time reading this novel. There is reality and accuracy in Blue Ascroft's words.

Sentences

From Knight: "Is a month fast? It feels like forever. It feels like I've been waiting for you to say you're mine from the moment I met you."

"People assume lifeguarding is rewarding that it's full of saving people's lives and listening to their gratitude, but that's not how it is at all.
Ninety percent of it is trying to save jerks from their own stupidity and earning their asinine wrath in return."

From Knight: "Most worthwhile things are painful babe. Most things worth doing have the potential to hurt like hell."

"Being wholly alive, and allowing yourself to be human and imperfect and lovable. It's what makes life worthwhile. That sacrifice we make when we love someone. That risk we take when we give our hearts to someone mortal, knowing in the end, we have to lose them."

1 comment:

Well in Baywatch defense, those bimbo's implants can double as floaties :D

Firefighters, for me are frickin' sexy. All that danger and saving lives gets me on overdrive! Having a fire red truck isn't helping matters too! But I'm getting sidetracked here, the novel sounds like it has the right balance of sexy and sense.

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